A biotech company that after much turmoil and huge expense launched the first human embryonic stem cell clinical trial in the United States is getting out of the stem cell business. »11/15/11 3:40pm 11/15/11 3:40pm

No, I don't mean by willing yourself to eat less sugar. Scientists in Japan have shown that implanting brain cells into a rat pancreas was a successful treatment for diabetes - rat diabetes. »10/06/11 7:09pm 10/06/11 7:09pm

The first European embryonic stem cell therapy in humans is about to start in London. Surgeons will insert the controversial cells into the eyes of 12 patients suffering from Stargardt's macular dystrophy, a major cause of blindness in young people. »9/22/11 3:20pm 9/22/11 3:20pm